ESPN Loses 4 million subscribers in one year! (11+ million and over a billion dollars over 5 years after hard PC swing to the left)

[SheriffJoe]

ESPN Loses 4 Million Subscribers In Past Year

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In the past five years ESPN has lost 11,346,000 subscribers according to Nielsen data.

If you combine that with ESPN2 and ESPNU subscriber losses this means that ESPN has lost over a billion dollars in cable and satellite revenue just in the past five years, an average of $200 million each year. That total of a billion dollars hits ESPN in the pocketbook not just on a yearly basis, but for every year going forward.

It's gone forever.

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That's not just bad, this is downright cataclysmic.


And it's getting worse.

In the past year ESPN lost 4.159 million subscribers, that's another $350 million in lost revenue across the ESPN family of networks.

[Snip]

I'm not trying to be alarmist here, but the simple fact is this -- I don't see how ESPN's business model makes sense at all by 2021.

The "Worldwide Leader in Sports" is a dead channel walking.

http://www.outkickthecoverage.com/espn-loses-4-million-subscribers-in-past-year-080416

 

[arniesarmy]

They have Disney money behind them.

 

[vitterd]

5teamparlay has some bump material for 2021.

Only a true idiotic pyschopath would think ESPN has lost subscribers because of a perceived political idealogy.

Jesus Joe.....give it up already.

 

[SheriffJoe]

 

[SheriffJoe]

ESPN = Democrat Sports Report and the numbers prove it.

 

[PatsFan1283]

ESPN didn't lose 13 million subscribers on their own. That is the # of cable TV plans that have been lost to cord cutting.

Non-sports watchers are no longer subsidizing those of us who watch sports, which created a bit of a bubble in the price of live TV content.

 

[vitterd]

ESPN = Democrat Sports Report and the numbers prove it.

One of your worst threads.....you should read up on the real reason for the loss. Or is this another conspiracy?ointer:

"cut my ESPN, Curt shilling was fired"face)(*^%

 

[KingEleven]

I hate ESPN's liberal bullshit, but of course that is NOT the reason they have lost subscribers.

 

[doubledeuce22]

The content/slant of ESPN has cost viewers, sure. Subscribers, no.

 

[PatsFan1283]

The content/slant of ESPN has cost viewers, sure. Subscribers, no.

Agree but it was going downhill even before any political slant. Before they started getting political I remember they basically copied the "Crossfire" cable news format and just having people yell at each other over if Joe Flacco is clutch or not definitely dumbed down the whole network. I think a lot of that was because PTI was successful with that format, so then they made EVERY show/sportscenter like that and it got absurd.

When people say they only use ESPN to watch sports like it is some new thing, I just kinda shrug cause I feel like I started doing that like 10 years ago.

30 for 30 is great tho.

 

[RenoChazz]

Wow that's like every illegal immigrant in the country.

 

[vitterd]

ESPN has great 30/30.....other than that and live games.....I see nothing of interest.

 

[doubledeuce22]

Remeber they don't produce the 30/30 content, they just air them.

 

[tatehill2000]

There is a multi level reason for them failing... and FOR SHO... 1 of the levels is the f@ggy left swing they made...

It's a dam shame, cause they did lose the pulse of who took them to the Dance... middles aged straight men.. I'm not suggesting anyone ripoff Howard stern.. but that mother fukker is a zillion years ahead of his time.. they need to take their heads out of their asses and just be more "real"

 

[Willie99]

I hate ESPN's liberal bullshit, but of course that is NOT the reason they have lost subscribers.

I only watch live events now, can't stand the rest of their programming

I can't be alone

 

[Mr_Mark]

I only watch live events now, can't stand the rest of their programming

I can't be alone

+1

 

[Mr_Mark]

ESPN has great 30/30.....other than that and live games.....I see nothing of interest.

+1

Remeber they don't produce the 30/30 content, they just air them.

If it wasn't for the 30/30 or the ESPN Classic. I would watch nothing but the live games

 

[REDEYE]

Outside of SVP , sportscenter is unwatchable. ..most anchors want to be comedians, and they're not good at it..I'm ok with PTI and College football analyst are ok..Live games is about all thats left

 

[PatsFan1283]

Serious question,

Was ESPN ever that good besides sports? Yeah, it is more political now but the network was never filled with rocket scientists. Olbermann/Patrick/Kilborn were doing the dorky comedy routine when covering sports 20 years ago. It just got cold.

Go watch an episode of "The Sports Reporters" on YouTube, it is just all platitudes and cliches, no analysis. Old Jim Rome show, Around the Horn, PTI etc

I can't think of one non-sports show on ESPN that if it cameback and was on now that I would watch.

Besides maybe "Playmakers", that shit was funny as hell.

 

[vitterd]

Outside of SVP , sportscenter is unwatchable. ..most anchors want to be comedians, and they're not good at it..I'm ok with PTI and College football analyst are ok..Live games is about all thats left

I like Herbstreit.....find him to be most watchable and knowledgable in college football.